The central west Saharan dust hot spot and its relation to African easterly waves and extratropical disturbances

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Knippertz, Peter ^a   Todd, Martin C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; STORMS;

AFRICAN EASTERLY WAVES; COLD POOL; DUST EMISSION; DUST LOADING; DUST STORM; EXTRATROPICAL; GLOBAL MAXIMUM; HOT SPOT; MERIDIONAL FLOWS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MOIST AIR; MOIST CONVECTION; SAHARAN DUST; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SURFACE VORTICES; VERTICAL MIXING;

DUST;

AIR MASS; AMPLITUDE; ARID REGION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DUST; DUST STORM; EASTERLY WAVE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVAPORATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; LOADING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; VERTICAL MIXING; VORTEX;

MALI; MAURITANIA;

EID: 77954481275     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012819     Document Type: Article

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